Developer Notebook i5 or i7

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Published on 2010-04-29T18:14:14Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 18:17 UTC
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I could not decide on which configuration below gives better performance for developers on a notebook(running VS.NET, SQL Server, no gaming);

(A) i5 540M + SSD (Intel) or (B) i7 720M + 7200 RPM HDD (Western Digital)

Since these two configurations(A, B) costs nearly same $ for me, I would like to buy the fastest one for my job environment.

Please do not comment just buy this or that, if you can give an inference about your choice I would be appreciated.

Thank you, cas

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